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Consul vs Proconsul - What's the difference?

consul | proconsul |

Proconsul is a derived term of consul.

Proconsul is a related term of consul.



As nouns the difference between consul and proconsul

is that consul is an official residing in a foreign country in order to protect the interests of citizens from his or her nation while proconsul is a magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province.

consul

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An official residing in a foreign country in order to protect the interests of citizens from his or her nation.
  • (historical) Either of the two highest-ranking officials of the Roman Republic.
  • (historical) One of the three chief magistrates of France from 1799 to 1804.
  • (obsolete) A senator; a counsellor.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Many of the consuls , raised and met, / Are at the duke's already.
  • * Bible, Job. iii. 14 (Douay version)
  • With kings and consuls of the earth.

    Derived terms

    * consul general * vice-consul

    See also

    * ambassador

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    proconsul

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (in ancient Rome) A magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province
  • See also

    * (Proconsul) ----